Claw hammer



July 18, 1933. c R REDDEN 1,919,128

CLAW HAMMER Original Filed April 15, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l flammih C. R. REDDEN July 18, 1933.

CLAW HAMMER Original Filed April 15, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lnvenlor 1 flllorney Patented July 18, 1933 1,919,123 1 UNITED STATES ATE T;

CHALMERS n. REDDEN, or FRAMINGHAM; MASSACHUSETTS cLAw HAMMER Application filed April 15, 1931, Serial No. 530,382. 'Renewed December 15, 1932.

The present invention relates to claw hambolt 18. The belt 18 also extends through the 1 V mer and has for its prime object to provide body 5 and across the recess lOand a spring an improved structure for gaining greater 19 is coiled about this bolt and has one end leverage and therefore ease of operation in anchored in the ball Orheadll to normally the use of the claw in pulling nails and the hold the' same at substantially a right angle like. to the axis of the socket 6 and the handle 8. Another very important object of the in- The utility'of the hammer is self apparent vention resides in the provision of a hamfrom a mere inspection of Figure 3 as it will mer structure of this nature which is exoeedbe seen that the body may be pivoted between I ingly simple, inexpensive to manufacture, the ears 17 on the bolt 18 for pulling the strong and durable, very efficient and reliable nail the major portion of its distance and in use and otherwise well adapted to the thenthe end of the nail may be pulled out purposewforwhich it is designed. with the ball as a fulcrum. Thus at the be With the above and numerous other obginning f the pulling of a nail a greater jects in view as will appear as the descripeverage is provided as is desirable. As soon tion proceeds, the'invention resides in certain as the h mmer s i ted from a position Shown novel f atures of construction; and in the in Figure 3 it Will be S6611 that the Spring 19 combination and arrangement of parts as immediately rights the ball. will be hereinafter more fully described and It is thought that the construction, opera-- l i d, tion, utility and advantages of this invention In the drawings: wlll now be quite apparent to those skilled Figure 1 is aside elevation of a hammer i thlS art Out a more detailed descripembodying the features of my invention. tlonthereof! l 2B Fi ur 2 i a b tto l ie th f, The present embod ment of the invention 7r Figure 3 is a side elevation thereof showing has been described in considerable detail the use of the claw structure. m y for the P p of exemplification V Fi 4 i a l it di l ti h since in actual practice it attains the features through, and 1 of advantage enumerated as desirable in the Figure 5 is a transverse section taken sub- Statement of the invention and Ve b stantially on the line 55 of Figure 1. descrlptmn l Referring to the drawings in detail it will W111 be appar9nt that changes in the be seen that the numeral 5 denotes a bod; deta ls of construction, and in the combina- 1 from which extends a split socket 6 having non and mlmngement f parts may be ears 7 extending therefrom so that a handle Sorted to Wlthout departing from the Spirit 5 8 extending into the socket may be clamped or .scope of h .mventlon i hereinafter in place by a bolt 9 extending through the damned or seclflficmg any Of.1ts adYantagesv' ears 7. The portion of the body 5 adjacent Havmg thus descnbed my mventlon What the socket 6 is formed with a recess 10 open- I 01mm as new 13:

. 4O ing at the bottom A claw 11 is formed on 1. In a hammer of the class described, a 90 the upper portion of the body 5. The front body Wlth a claw thereon a ban pivotaluy face of the body 5 inclines downwardly and fi ag on the and meims m l toward the socket end thereof is indicated the banhln predet-enmned. po-sltlqn at 12. The body is slightly reduced in width g to smd means bemg m in comparison with the socket. Numeralll e Orm 0 a Sprmg mounted On the plvot 95 v and en ed 'tl tl denotes a hammer ball or head on the upper 2 A i l L audass described end of which are formed a front wall 15 l di a b d ith a rece s therein and a and side walls 16 extending rearwardly claw extending therefrom, a ball having a 1 tnerefrom and at right angles thereto terpair of walls rising therefronr and formed W0 1 minating in ears 17 through which extends a with cars, a bolt extending through the ears and through the body so that the ball may pivot on the body, said bolt extending through the recess, and a spring on the bolt,

' said spring having ball.

an end anchored in the V 3. A hammer of the class described ineluding a body with a recess therein and a pair of walls claw extending therefrom, a ball having-a rising therefrom and formed OHALMERS R. REDDEN; 

